GOBLES, MI -- A 23-year-old Gobles man and his 28-year-old girlfriend were both arrested after a high speed chase through Bloomingdale Township Monday evening.

The man and his girlfriend were arrested.File photo

According to a news release from the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office, at 7:24 p.m. a deputy spotted a 1996 SMC SUV exceeding the speed limit and tried to pull the driver over. Instead, the SUV sped away, then pulled into a residence and took off on foot.

A tracking dog was called in, but it appeared to deputies that the man was picked up by another vehicle. He and his girlfriend were both located later at a home on 6th Avenue and 38 1/2 Street in Bloomingdale Township.

The woman was intoxicated, police said, and arrested for that violation of probation; the man was arrested and faces possible charges of fleeing and eluding a police officer, driving on a suspended license, and operating under the Influence of alcohol. third offense.